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Karl Leaverton, the former co-president and northwest regional director of RBC Wealth Management in the US, is suing the firm for alleged race discrimination, according to a report in The Globe and Mail.

Leaverton, 53, claims that John Taft, head of RBC’s US wealth management operations, sacked him on April 13 with immediate effect, saying the bank was “trying to clear the runway for younger talent”.